Read the comments on WSJ (even with unregistered comments blocked). Seriously, read them. You will come back to Slashdot and thank god for the wonderful minds that visit this site, and marvel at how well the mod system works.

Your point that digital currency value is based upon scarcity, yet nothing prevents a new one popping up anytime is a good one. A sober reality check and one I hadn't though of.

your citations were all high dose (first one was 30 mg beta carotene PLUS 25000 IU Vit A ); but a Centrum multivitamin is 2500 IU. 10X makes a lot of difference. And, most people like me only take a multivitamin once or twice a week. The authors of the study say that for well-nourished adults, they don't need supplements. Of course, if you are well-nourished, then you don't need supplements.

As would seem obvious, many adults do not eat a well-balanced diet. This would have been a much more intelligent study, to see the affects of supplements on poorly-nourished adults.

The main issue with heating/cooling for majority of homes is not that the homeowner can't set or remember to set the thermostat. It is that the house is not properly insulated, there is only one heat/cooling circuit for a multilevel home, or the house has old leaky doors and windows. Once all that infrastructure is properly done, THEN maybe add a cool web-enabled thermostat.

Some points to be made:

1. Zuckerburg and Gates only "back" this code.org, they didn't write the hyperbole in the story copy.
2. This was a publicity stunt for sure, but it was targeted for young school aged kids to get exposure to how a computer really works. I wish my kids had it at their school but apparently they did not. 99% will forget it in a week, but it may spark some deeper interests later in life. This is always a good thing
3. The slashdot summary is not "Pollyanna" on the topic; just reporting that it happened. So no, Slashdot is not on the slippery slope to foolishness hell.

posting to correct mod error - apologies.

Having the freedom to fail, then to be able to analyze and think about why you failed is one of the most important methods of learning. When you succeed , you really don't spend the time to analyze why, but you sure do when you fail.

In today's world, the importance of failure is not understood.

good post - I wish I had mod points today.

My wife bought me noise canceling in-ear headphones; they work surprisingly well. I have found this to be a little disorienting when you do something like open a bag of chips and there is no external noise, but it seems like the bag-crinkle noise is conducted through your body and you sort of hear it inside your head - strange. Crunching is too weird, I have to turn them off. Great on airplanes and trains though!

How does Roomba do under a table, with all the chairs pushed in (wood floor)? I hate the look of dust bunnies under our table, but it seems like the robot would be blocked and unable to navigate under there. If it did this well, I would probably get one.

How many limes to the gallon?

So, if you avoided the hard stop, and just RAN OVER the little old lady, they would give you a discount? ;^)

You beat me to this one. I actually read that whole damn book, thinking it would be worth my time - what a laugh.

Have to vote Canada - what evil could those Canucks possibly be up to? Forced listenings to Celine Dion? Sitting through a Maple Leafs game, even the intermissions? Canadian Bacon? Seems benign to me.

hhhmmmm, this explains those random electrical fires and that tablet monstrosity near the driver... [j/k - I like their cars, just not gonna spend 80k on one.]